Hi everyone.

Weather is wet and very windy.

Glad to be back with you all 

Hope everyone is well 

Yogi19 posted:

Hi everyone.

Weather is wet and very windy.

Glad to be back with you all 

Hope everyone is well 

Yogi, I'm glad you are back, you've been missed

The weather is going to be wild, it's getting windier now but nothing like tomorrow.

Many years ago my mother told me something her mother had told her. A woman had been walking when the wind blew so hard that the woman was blown away and never seen again, she'd been blown into dust. I'm not totally convinced that that happened

El Loro posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Hi everyone.

Weather is wet and very windy.

Glad to be back with you all 

Hope everyone is well 

Yogi, I'm glad you are back, you've been missed

 

The weather is going to be wild, it's getting windier now but nothing like tomorrow.

 

Many years ago my mother told me something her mother had told her. A woman had been walking when the wind blew so hard that the woman was blown away and never seen again, she'd been blown into dust. I'm not totally convinced that that happened

 I think she may have been pulling your leg.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls

night yogi lovely to have you back summer moons  hope you are both ok

Good morning everyone it's windy here but not excessively so, so far. What an odd combination with hot cross buns!

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Strongest gust here so far today is 44.1 mph though expected to be higher with one site forecasting 65 mph this afternoon,

Squiggle, I hope the wind in your area doesn't cause damage . I don't know if there's any fruit in those hot cross buns which would made them odd. You can get chilli cheese scones and bread so the buns would appeal to those who like them.

Yogi. my grandmother could have thought that story was true. She really thought that electricity was dangerous - if gas could leak into the house, so could electricity, and that was more dangerous as you can't smell electricity.

I hope everyone has a good day and take care if you need to venture out

Back from church. Bits of debris on the roads but nothing of note. Unpleasant out there as you would expect. The majority of the regulars at church were there though some are too frail and sensible to risk going out in the wind.

Good afternoon everyone  

Just popping in to say ‘hi’ and let you know I will be back soon 

Very wet and windy here but not that bad currently 

El, glad you made it back from church safely 

Squiggle, good to know the weather isn’t to bad there 

Have great day, if that’s possible in this weather  

Thanks Moonie. I'm glad your weather hasn't been too bad so far

My very local website shows the strongest gust so far is 54.1 mph which is the highest locally for some years. Many places would be getting much stronger gusts.

Good afternoon how is everyone? I hope the storm is being gentle on you all. It’s been wild here but I opted out of hiking all day in favour of a short local one, which was great because I got lucky with a break in the weather! now it’s raining heavily again and I’m home cosy I’m going to have an early bath and get my pj’s on 

El, I’ve reactivated my Netflix account, my mum wanted to share it with me so I might get my money’s worth now, she will certainly use it more than I will lol 

Summer, I'm not surprised you opted for a short local one, it hasn't been a day for an all day hike

It's still windy here but it does seem less violent now. There's a bit of blue sky now but hefty showers are forecast.

The weather was bad enough for the Manchester City football match this afternoon to be posponed on safety grounds - that's very unusual.

It will be some time before I get to the end of OUAT. As I have got it on DVD I'm watching all the episodes. By the way, IMDB reviewers rated the 1st and 3rd episodes of this series as the lowest of the series.

Evening all 

Another wild day of heavy rain and strong winds. We did have two very brief spells of sunshine.

Thanks Ros, it’s good to be back 

Moonie, good to see you back 

Summer, I’m not surprised you opted for a shorter walk 

Aww, bless your grandmother, El. I guess electricity could seem scary.

Squiggle, I hope it isn’t too wild tonight where you are 

Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

Another wild day of heavy rain and strong winds. We did have two very brief spells of sunshine.

Thanks Ros, it’s good to be back 

Moonie, good to see you back 

Summer, I’m not surprised you opted for a shorter walk 

Aww, bless your grandmother, El. I guess electricity could seem scary.

Squiggle, I hope it isn’t too wild tonight where you are 

Thanks Yogi and likewise with you too 

Moonie posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

Another wild day of heavy rain and strong winds. We did have two very brief spells of sunshine.

Thanks Ros, it’s good to be back 

Moonie, good to see you back 

Summer, I’m not surprised you opted for a shorter walk 

Aww, bless your grandmother, El. I guess electricity could seem scary.

Squiggle, I hope it isn’t too wild tonight where you are 

Thanks Yogi and likewise with you too 

Storm Ciara has different names elsewhere. In Germany and Switzerland it's been called Sabine. In Norway, Elsa

El Loro posted:

Storm Ciara has different names elsewhere. In Germany and Switzerland it's been called Sabine. In Norway, Elsa

Time for me to be off. I’ll be back again soon so nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams everyone  

Moonie posted:

Time for me to be off. I’ll be back again soon so nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams everyone  

Sweet dreams, see you soon, Moonie 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for the night owls 

*night owls* popping in to wish you all sweet dreams, I hope you’ve had a cosy evening  

Moonie, I hope you’re cosy and resting well 

El, thank you, those ratings will help me go power through should I find myself not enjoying the series. I’m going to keep an open mind! 

night yogi ,moons - lovely to see you back, summer not sure what short walk  you did but hope you enjoyed it - night

Good morning everyone it was a noisy night and it's still windy this morning. I hope everyone stayed safe and with no damage anywhere. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here though rain is forecast later. Breezy but not like yesterday.

I hope everyone has a good day

Various photos on the BBC site in the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition last year:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51386024

Good morning icy cold here and lots of rain showers, with blue sky in between. I think we’re lucky in comparison to other parts of the country 

Good morning all 

Weather is icy cold, with strong winds and sleet and snow showers.

El, those pics are stunning- hard to chose a favourite but I think the one with the night sky is mine.

Stay safe and warm everyone 

Same here Yogi. Tis snowing      

Hope El, Moons and squiggs had no damage. Think Sweet would be okay in the North East     

Take it easy troops. I'll always be a Private.

Velvet, no obvious damage here.

Wind has picked up here and I've had to retrieve my recycling boxes as they were being blown away. They aren't that full and can wait until next week to be emptied.

Weather forecast here is very unsettled for days to come though tomorrow and Wednesday being better than the rest of the week. As for next weekend, watch out for Storm Dennis on Saturday night which could be another Storm Ciara (not yet named or certain but the current Met Office forecast isn't nice).

The first Tom and Jerry cartoon "Puss gets the Boot" was released in US cinemas 80 years ago today. They were called Jasper and Jinx at the time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51357832

Re Endeavour. Although there will be another series in 2021, it's probable that it will be the final series. I think that, like the series which has just started, there will be 3 episodes.

There were 33 episodes of Inspector Morse and that would make 33 episodes of Endeavour.

A rare look inside the gold vaults in the Bank of England:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51416500

El Loro posted:

A rare look inside the gold vaults in the Bank of England:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51416500

Don't tempt me El. I'd need Norman Wisdom. And Ealing.

velvet donkey posted:

El Loro posted:

A rare look inside the gold vaults in the Bank of England:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51416500

Don't tempt me El. I'd need Norman Wisdom. And Ealing.

I loved The Lavender Hill Mob, Alec Guinness was great

Another re Endeavour. If you saw it and thought the man who played Ludo Talenti seemed familiar, that's played by Ryan Gage who was King Louis in the BBC series The Musketeers.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone 

Hug for the night owls

El Loro posted:

Various photos on the BBC site in the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition last year:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51386024

these are awesome EL

night yogi summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here, breezy and not that warm outside,

I hope everyone has a good day

Summer, I've now watched the 10th episode of OUAT. Very good one and the best overall to date of the 7th series. You would find it confusing though if you skipped episodes.